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G. A. & R. W. FERGUSON.

GOFFIN.

No. 265,492. Patented Oct. 3, 1882.

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GOPPIN.

No. 265,492. Patented Oct. 3. 1882.

1 NITED STATES PATENT riucE.

GEORGE A. FERGUSON AND ROBERT W. FERGUSON, OF DECATUR, ILL.

COFFIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,492, dated October3, 1882,

Application filed February 1, 1882.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE A. FERGU- soN and ROBERT W. FERGUSON,citizens of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county ofMacon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Goflins, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a device for operating the face-plate ofcoftins in conjunction with or separately from the glass, and will beunderstood as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification andillustrate the invention.

Figure l is a longitudinal section of the coffin-lid and face-plate,showing my improved devices attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of aportion of the coffin-lid and face-plate with the supporter attached.Fig. 3 is a plan of the supporter. Fig. 4 is a plan of the glass andframe or rim.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A is the coffin-lid. B is the face-plate, and G the glass. One end ofthe face-plate B is secured to the lid A by means of the supporter D,which is rigidly attached to the plate B, and provided with a slot, (1,in a curved extension, which extends over the edge of the plate B. Thesides of the supporter D, lying on either side of the slot d, engageunder the head of a screw, G, which is set in the lid A. WVhen theface-plate is over the opening a in the lid A the supporter D is pushedback under the head of the screw G until the end of the slot (1 nearestthe plate B comes against the screw; but when the plate B is turned backto expose the opening a the other end of the slot (1 (farthest from theplate B) comes against the screw G, and the curved form of the extensionof the supporter D, in which the slot d is made, will hold the plate inthe elevated position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 when turned round.When the slot d is open at the outer end the arch e is made to unite thetwo limbs on either side of the slot. When the slot is thus open theplate may be entirely removed from the lid without taking the screw Gout.

(ModeL) The plate B is provided with hooks 0 on its under side, near theend to which the supporter D is attached, which rest in the depressionformed for the glass 0 in the lid A when the face-plate is down. Thisdepression is made sufticiently larger than the glass for the hook toclear said glass when the plate is raised, unless it is pushed back. Thefront of the plate B is secured to the cofiin-lid by a turn-button,H,which is provided with a bevel, w, on the foot, which is turned toengage with a reverse bevel in the lid when it is desired to hold theplate down; but when the plate is to be raised the button H is turneduntil the bevel clears the lid, but does not come in contact with theglass 0. It the plate be raised while the button is in thiscondition,the glass (J will lie undisturbed over the opening a. If it isdesired to raise the glass also, the button H is turned until the bevel00 comes in contact with the glass (J and forces it back upon the hooks0, when, if the plate is raised, the glass 0 will be raised with it. Thebevel 00 serves as a support for the glass at the front by reason of thepoint of the bevel coming under the glass.

The glass 0 is provided with a rim or frame of some soft or elasticmaterial in order to prevent breakage. VVe have found that a large flatrubber band stretched around the glass answers the purpose admirably. Aplate, 3 may be placed on the lid A under the slot d.

Having thus described our invention, what.

we wish to claim and secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with aswinging faceplate, of the hooks 0, glass 0, and operating means H, asset forth.

2. The supporter described, having a portion adapted to be rigidlyattached to a face-plate, and a curved extension provided with a slotadapted to engage with a screw or other holdin g means.

GEoEGE A. FERGUSON. ROBERT w. FERGUSON.

Attest:

RICHARD FERGUSON, JOHN ALLoWAYs.

